Question 1

Which party won nearly 50 percent of the vote in East Germany's 1990 election?

Accepted Answer

A) Nazis 
B) Communists 
C) Christian Democrats 
D) Green Party 
E) Libertarians 
A) Nazis 
B) Communists 
C) Christian Democrats 
D) Green Party 
E) Libertarians

Question 2

Which Eastern European republic came into existence in 1993 with the breakup of a previously existing state and which was fueled by ethnic rivalries?

Accepted Answer

A) Lithuania 
B) Estonia 
C) Albania 
D) Lichtenstein 
E) Slovakia 
A) Lithuania 
B) Estonia 
C) Albania 
D) Lichtenstein 
E) Slovakia

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
-glastnost

Accepted Answer

Glasnost is a term that refers to the po

Question 4

What was a consequence of the war in Bosnia?

Accepted Answer

A) Yugoslavia was truly unified for the first time. 
B) Bosnia was split into a Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat federation. 
C) Nothing was accomplished. 
D) Bosnia agreed to adhere to the Geneva Accords as their multi-party conflict raged on. 
E) Bosnia agreed to join the European Community. 
A) Yugoslavia was truly unified for the first time. 
B) Bosnia was split into a Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat federation. 
C) Nothing was accomplished. 
D) Bosnia agreed to adhere to the Geneva Accords as their multi-party conflict raged on. 
E) Bosnia agreed to join the European Community.

Question 5

Who was the politician who kept the fractious state of Yugoslavia together for decades after World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) Marshall Tito 
B) General Filopovic 
C) President Milosevic 
D) Prime Minister Kostunica 
E) Marshall Petain 
A) Marshall Tito 
B) General Filopovic 
C) President Milosevic 
D) Prime Minister Kostunica 
E) Marshall Petain

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

Accepted Answer

The World Bank and the International Mon

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Digital Age

Accepted Answer

The Digital Age, also known as the Infor

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-Shi'ites, Sunnis, and Kurds

Accepted Answer

Shi'ites, Sunnis, and Kurds are three di

Question 9

What did Mikhail Gorbachev intend to do under perestroika?

Accepted Answer

A) Frighten the United States with more military spending 
B) Create a more free and open political culture in the U.S.S.R. 
C) Turn all power over to the people 
D) Restructure the economic and political systems 
E) End communism and adopt western-style democracy 
A) Frighten the United States with more military spending 
B) Create a more free and open political culture in the U.S.S.R. 
C) Turn all power over to the people 
D) Restructure the economic and political systems 
E) End communism and adopt western-style democracy

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-NGOs

Accepted Answer

It seems like your question about NGOs (

Question 11

Is the world facing a "clash of civilizations" in the near future? Why and/or why not?

Accepted Answer

The concept of a "clash of civilizations

Question 12

Under whose leadership was the reunification of Germany accomplished?

Accepted Answer

A) Willy Brandt 
B) Conrad Adenauer 
C) Helmut Schmidt 
D) Gunter Grass 
E) Helmut Kohl 
A) Willy Brandt 
B) Conrad Adenauer 
C) Helmut Schmidt 
D) Gunter Grass 
E) Helmut Kohl

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-"Think globally, act locally"

Accepted Answer

"Think globally, act locally" is a phras

Question 14

George W. Bush called terrorism "the enemy of our generation."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What major economic challenges have plagued the West from the 1980s through the early twenty-first century?

Accepted Answer

The major economic challenges that have

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-global warming/greenhouse effect

Accepted Answer

Global warming refers to the long-term i

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-perestroika

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-perestroika...

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Nicolae Ceausescu

Accepted Answer

Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian communi

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-Pope John Paul II

Accepted Answer

Pope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojt

Question 20

What was true of the impact of the global economic downturn that began in 2008?

Accepted Answer

A) It was caused by problems in the United States only. 
B) It hit Spain and Germany harder than any other European country. 
C) It fueled resentment by some of the most severely affected EU states about the policies imposed by wealthier European countries. 
D) It barely affected eastern Europe. 
E) It made Europe economically dependent on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. 
A) It was caused by problems in the United States only. 
B) It hit Spain and Germany harder than any other European country. 
C) It fueled resentment by some of the most severely affected EU states about the policies imposed by wealthier European countries. 
D) It barely affected eastern Europe. 
E) It made Europe economically dependent on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Exam 30: After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

Which party won nearly 50 percent of the vote in East Germany's 1990 election?

Which Eastern European republic came into existence in 1993 with the breakup of a previously existing state and which was fueled by ethnic rivalries?

Please define the following key terms. -glastnost

What was a consequence of the war in Bosnia?

Who was the politician who kept the fractious state of Yugoslavia together for decades after World War II?

Please define the following key terms. -World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

Please define the following key terms. -Digital Age

Please define the following key terms. -Shi'ites, Sunnis, and Kurds

What did Mikhail Gorbachev intend to do under perestroika?

Please define the following key terms. -NGOs

Is the world facing a "clash of civilizations" in the near future? Why and/or why not?

Under whose leadership was the reunification of Germany accomplished?

Please define the following key terms. -"Think globally, act locally"

George W. Bush called terrorism "the enemy of our generation."

What major economic challenges have plagued the West from the 1980s through the early twenty-first century?

Please define the following key terms. -global warming/greenhouse effect

Please define the following key terms. -perestroika

Please define the following key terms. -Nicolae Ceausescu

Please define the following key terms. -Pope John Paul II

What was true of the impact of the global economic downturn that began in 2008?

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The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

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